Mini-Flatiron and 160 Hazel Grove homes marked for approval

To be delivered by Domis Construction, Plot A1 at New Bailey in Salford will be the final residential part of the Salford Central masterplan, bringing 189 affordable apartments across 21 storeys.

Four years on from submission, outline plans for 160 homes off Hayclose Road have approval.

Salford City Council has approved plans by CERT Property and ForHousing for affordable flats and townhouses off Albert Street on the site of a former garage.

With three applications adding up to 460 homes already in the works across the borough, the firm is looking to nearly replicate that number with a single application for a site next to Culcheth High School.

The Arch and The Electra, totalling 341 units, have been acquired by a JV between Aboria Capital and Partners Group, along with schemes in Newcastle, London, and Cambridge.

Labour’s Dan Price and Conservative’s Ben Fletcher agree on one thing: building homes must be a priority for the future leader of the sub-region. How they approach the issue, however, is different.

Onward Homes and Starship Build want to deliver 88 affordable homes at the garden village, while the council plans to revamp the Halewood green space with two artificial pitches and a clubhouse.

Bellway’s proposal off Cumber Lane and a Dean Row Road project put forward by Jones Homes and Taylor Wimpey can advance, adding 300 homes to a supply that remains short of target.

Pendle Council is recommending plans for 84 homes on the former Fernbank Mill site for approval after the developer reduced the number of homes by 14 to mitigate flood risk.

Jarron Developments has triggered site enabling and demolition works at the Pumpfields site, ahead of a 401-home project.

Hawthorn Capital has bought the Sale-based residential agency for an undisclosed sum.

Denbighshire County Council can expect to be called on to defend its rejection of plans for 59 affordable homes at Maes Farrelly, a decision that went in the face of officer advice.

The contractor-developer showed Place around its 19-home gated community in Tyldesley, walking us through the potential small- and medium-sized businesses have to address the housing crisis.

The lifting of nutrient neutrality restrictions around Carlisle, and a positive verdict for the area’s planning committee, has meant the developer can finally progress its plans to build a neighbourhood on land west of Steeles Bank in Wetheral.

Consultation has begun for the property developer’s plans to build a neighbourhood with 39 affordable houses on 17.7 acres within the Cheshire village.

The Cumbrian authority has recommended its planning committee approve plans for a neighbourhood off Hayclose Road despite an objection from the town council.

Virtue Developments, working with Sovini, wants to deliver a 123 affordable flats on the former Liverpool nightclub and cinema site at the junction of West Derby Road and Green Lane.

Contractor Holmpatrick received the go-ahead for its plans to tear down Britannia New Mill, replacing it with 32 social rent flats and 17 shared ownership houses – due to be managed by Onward Homes.

Accelerating the delivery of the 1,350-home Marina Village and bolstering Westmorland and Furness Council’s planning team will be two prime uses of the cash, which comes from the government’s £200m Barrow Transformation Fund.